Stomptown Brass - a New Orleans via Dublin sound

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

THEY MAY hail from Dublin but Stomptown Brass's musical roots are firmly in the New Orleans tradition of street-stomping horn players, as can be seen when they play the Galway International Arts Festival next month.

Sound Passing - a weekend of ConTempo

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

THREE DAYS of contemporary Irish classical music, including a new work commemorating the life of patriot, piper, and 1916 Proclamation signatory Eamonn Ceannt, will be heard at NUI Galway this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

Brendan Shine to play Town Hall

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

FOR A certain generation, and a certain audience Brendan Shine is a legend for songs like 'Do You Want Your Auld Lobby Washed Down' and 'I'm A Savage For Bacon and Cabbage'.

KeyWest to play McGettigan’s

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

KEYWEST, ONE of Ireland's most popular rock bands, come to Galway to play McGettigan’s, Prospect Hill, on Saturday June 18, from 10pm, to celebrate the venue's first birthday.

Aslan’s Christy Dignam @ Town Hall

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

ASLAN FRONTMAN Christy Dignam, and band co-founder Joe Jewell, will perform their intimate acoustic show, Some Songs and Stories, in the Town Hall Theatre, this Saturday at 8pm.

In Flow - Electro-Gamelan fusion

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

IN FLOW, a unique and immersive performance fusing electronic music, gamelan percussion, and visuals, comes to the Nuns Island Theatre this Saturday at 8pm.

Sharon Shannon - GIAF 16 concert

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

SHARON SHANNON and her band, will play Monroe’s Live on Tuesday July 12 at 8pm as part of the 2016 Galway International Arts Festival and tickets are now on sale.

Come and hear The BlueBirds

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

THE BLUEBIRDS, the close harmony trio of Jenny Groarke, Laura Lynn and Lorraine Flanagan, will play the Galway Folk Club in De Burgos, tomorrow, at 9pm.

HAWK swoop down for Citóg appearance

Wed, Jun 08, 2016

THEY HAVE been called "the lucid dream between post rock and indie” by The Vinyl District, and their music has been described as combining "post-punk and folk in a spine-tingling brew that’ll take potshots at your emotional wellbeing” by The Line of Best Fit.

Strypes and Riptide Movement for Rock the Docks

Tue, Jun 07, 2016

THE STRYPES and The Riptide Movement and have been confirmed to headline Galway’s new outdoor festival - Rock the Docks - from June 24 to 26 June at city docklands.

Ryan Sheridan to play Róisín Dubh

Tue, Jun 07, 2016

RYAN SHERIDAN has come a long way since his days in Riverdance, performing in Broadway, and later working as a barman in his native Monaghan to the point where he now enjoys hit albums in Ireland and abroad.

Grounds For Invasion @ Strange Brew

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

INDIE-ELECTRO trio Grounds For Invasion return to Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday June 9 at 8pm, with support from Pourtraits, one of Ireland's most exciting up-and-coming hip-hop MCs.

New Gothic horror collection from Al Shine

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

WELCOME TO Coldwood, a town not unlike HP Lovecraft's Arkham - the focal point of strange happenings, murders, disappearances, insanity, degradation, and terrifying encounters.

Brian Bourke - events to mark artist's 80th birthday

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

BRÍAN BOURKE turns 80 this year and the Galway Arts Centre will host an exhibition of his work, a concert, and a film screening to honour one of Ireland's most distinctive visual artists.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? with Steven Frost and friends

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

FOUR OF the best improv comedians in the business - the Stephen Frost Improv Allstars - make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh for a Whose Line Is It Anyway? style show.

Royal Shakespeare's Hamlet @ The Eye

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

FOR MANY, Hamlet is Shakespeare's greatest play, and contains possibly his most famous speech in "To be or not to be...", and Galway will have the chance to see it performed by The Royal Shakespeare Company.

Album review: Christy Moore

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THERE IS a Galway connection to Christy's new album, coming straight at the beginning with 'Mandolin Mountain', written by the late, great songwriter and musician Tony Small.

'We thought, what’s the least zeitgeisty thing we can do?'

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

NIGHT THOUGHTS, Suede's seventh studio album, is a dark, ambitious, exploration of the fear and frailty of human relationships. The band will play the album in full as part of their performance at the Galway International Arts Festival, forming the musical backdrop — literally — to a feature film created by Roger Sargent to accompany the album.

Lynched mob

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

AFTER A stunning performance last autumn on Later…with Jools Holland, and a whirlwind tour of Britain, Ireland's latest folk sensations Lynched have seen their popularity soar.

An Klondike wants bearded men

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

AN KLONDIKE, the four-time IFTA winning Irish language western TV series is shooting its second season in Galway city and Oughterard this month and next and is seeking extras.

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